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It was June 22, and Gary Johnson was on a roll. Four years earlier, following a calamitous bid for the Republican nomination, the former New Mexico governor had garnered 1 percent of the national vote against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as the Libertarian candidate.
Earlier this year, I wrote an article noting that minor-party candidates rarely have much of an impact on U.S. presidential elections. However, if you've been following this election cycle, you'll note that there's good reason to believe that 2016 will be different.
Libertarians trying to get a presidential candidate on Ohio's ballot submitted signatures on Tuesday for someone other than their party's nominee, Gary Johnson. The party listed Charlie Earl - a failed 2014 candidate for Ohio governor- on paperwork they say is aimed at getting Johnson on the November ballot.
What is the campaign strategy for the two political parties? Clues can be had from the responses to a question I asked about a dozen dignitaries of each party at their conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
According to an analysis by NBC News , the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign has spent $52 million on television ads, many of which have been concentrated in the battleground states that will be critical in determining the outcome of the election. Gary Johnson The Hill's 12:30 Report GOP lawmaker voting for Johnson leaves local Republican Party Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 2 in North Carolina MORE , have outspent Trump, the GOP nominee.
Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race has grown to double digits, according to a new poll. Clinton now leads Trump by 10 points - 51 percent to 41 percent - among American adults who say they are registered to vote in the new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll released Tuesday.
Former CIA operative and House Republican staffer Evan McMullin announced on Monday that he's mounting an independent bid for the presidency in response to what he characterizes as Trump's "personal instability" and "infatuation with strongmen." Despite reports that some high-profile GOP donors are prepared to back his candidacy, McMullin's announcement was met with amusement and deep skepticism from many political operatives and observers.
The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot. Libertarians: Gary Johnson will be on Ohio ballot The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot.
Over the past 25 years we have seen the government take different approaches to tackling crime. In the 80's we saw the emergence of President Ronald Reagan's 'War on Drugs' and in the 90's we saw President Bill Clinton Prison reforms could increase terror risk Hillary's deadly Iran deal Bill Clinton, Gary Johnson to speak at Asian-American and Pacific Islander forum MORE Barack Obama Prison reforms could increase terror risk Harry Reid's final fight Obama plays 300th round of golf as president MORE has "shortened the prison sentences for dozens of additional drug offendersa " according to CNN as a part of his continuous efforts to "reign in lengthy punishments for nonviolent crimes."
Virginia Republican congressman Scott Rigell says he will vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson for president rather than for Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia became the second Republican member of Congress to break from party lines and endorse a candidate who is not his party's nominee. Rigell told The New York Times on Saturday that he will be voting for Libertarian Party nominee and New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson instead of Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by eight points in the newest national poll, released Sunday by the Washington Post and ABC News. Clinton leads Trump 50-42 percent among registered voters and 51-44 percent among likely voters.
There's a lot of consternation about the choices available in the 2016, and for good reason. Hillary Clinton is terrible, and Donald Trump might be worse.
In the must win state of Florida over the past three weeks it has gone from too close to call to a big lead for Democrat Hillary Clinton. The former Secretary of State now established a 6 point lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump in a new Suffolk University Poll.
As the Republican nominee Donald Trump looks at his path to victory he knows a few facts to be true. He must continue to lead big among the white male voters, he needs to maintain his dominance in the non-college educated voters and then he must find a way to appeal Independents.
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein hailed Julian Assange as a hero Saturday, saying the WikiLeaks founder's disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails exposed the American electorate to important information. Stein's comments to CNN were made shortly before she was named the progressive party's official 2016 presidential nominee, with human rights activist Ajamu Baraka tapped as her running mate.
The Libertarian Party ticket, facing what polls show are two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history, is seeing a bump in support as the general election race moves into full swing - and a surge in interest that could carry nominee Gary Johnson onto the prized debate stage this fall. Despite Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's popularity issues and trust gap with voters, few expect the Libertarian ticket to pose a Ross Perot-style threat this year.
Hillary Clinton has a large and perhaps growing lead in the nation and in many of the predominantly white battleground states where Donald Trump was thought to have his best shot, according to a wave of new surveys released in the past two days. Three national surveys - from Fox, NBC/WSJ and Marist/McClatchy - showed Clinton ahead by big margins: 10, 9 and 15 percentage points.